The Gulf Crisis and New World Order — Page 272
Fourteenth Friday Sennor, Feb 22, 1991 servicemen were shipped to Vietnam; in 1967 the figure had risen to 540,000. North Vietnam was bombarded day and night for 8 years. Altogether 2,500,000 tons of bombs were dropped on it. During the six years of the World War II, the total tonnage of bombs dropped all over the world was the same as that dropped on North Vietnam in eight and a half years of war. You must realise that Vietnam is only as big as Florida, and much poorer and far less prosperous and less developed. UNITED STATES WAS HUMBLED The Vietnamese fought against the United Stales of America for eight and half years. It is a poor country but what superb courage and endurance was shown by its people! During the war the casualties in both North and South Vietnam amounted to about 2,500,000, almost equal to the Jewish population of Israel. The Vietnamese fought on bravely and met and withstood the full brunt of the U. S. military might. They never gave in. They fought until they defeated the anned forces of the United States of America. The defeat humbled the U. S. and broke the back of its arrogance. The U. S. had to admit defeat and flee from the battleground. There was an interesting situation al the time of this defeat. In France, a Peace Conference had been convened to end hostilities. During the conference, the North Vietnamese refused any cease fire and continued fighting. They said they were prepared to fight and talk peace al one and the same time. The United States is emulating that example. The United states of America is treating Iraq in the same way, carrying on with the war against it and talking peace at the same time. U. S. SETS THE MOST DANGEROUS PRECEDENT IN THE HISTORY OF WARS So in Vietnam, the greatest and strongest world power was humbled by a small and poor country which was a great psychological blow to this Super Power. The United States was determined at any cost to redeem its honour and to restore its self respect and pride and its image as the world's greatest military power. But the truth is that a broken back seldom gets fully restored and cured. To date, the U. S. has rained four times as many bombs upon Iraq as in Vietnam and the fight still goes on. United States has boasted that the 272